On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 7:52 PM, Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am all for a flat tax. I will give away my mortgage deduction (TurboTax
always points to standard deduction anyway, so why be buying a house?) if
everyone would pay x% of income (NO loopholes) in taxes.
Let's say
I'm getting ready to install a diff I found locally in my '83 300D. The CD
says the muffler and pipe must be removed, the carrier bearing support must
be removed, and the compression nut on the driveshaft loosened first. I
don't see a compression nut on the rear drive shaft, and it looks to
First thing I do is turn off simple file sharing:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304040
That gives you a permissions tab/button that allows you to give
everyone full access.
-Dave Walton
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 10:36 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Trying to do some updating
What does Putin add up to?
Brian
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 3:52 PM, Timothy Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Let's see... VICARIUS FILII DEI (Latin = the Pope) ads up to 666. Many
held
the Pope was the Anti-Christ. Anyone added up any of the new
candidates
yet? Hm...
on 4/15/08 15:21
Thats part of it. The other part is supply and demand. A lot of farmers, when
they wanted more money, just planted more acres.
The price kept going down because increases in technology made each acre more
productive...
-Curt
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:00:46 -0400
From: Allan Streib [EMAIL
I've never removed a diff - but I have removed several drive shafts.
I've never had to loosen the compression nut (it's in the middle of
the shaft). You do have to slide the drive shaft forward to get it
clear of the diff flange. In some cars you have to drop the center
bearing mount to get enough
They need to farm like I garden - there would be no excess supply, and
there would be no fat people, just hungry ones.
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 7:45 AM, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thats part of it. The other part is supply and demand. A lot of farmers,
when they wanted more money,
I'm getting ready to install a diff I found locally in my '83 300D.
The CD
says the muffler and pipe must be removed, the carrier bearing support
must
be removed, and the compression nut on the driveshaft loosened first.
I
I don't recall actually having to do that on the 240D I did,
Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Not exactly, Donald. Obama's plan would roll back the tax cuts on the
wealthy (Dubya's friends) who pay a much lower percentage than I do as
middle class, and probably, lower middle class, I paid thousands this
year in taxes while some really rich folks
Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
I am all for a flat tax. I will give away my mortgage deduction (TurboTax
always points to standard deduction anyway, so why be buying a house?) if
everyone would pay x% of income (NO loopholes) in taxes.
Let's say 5%. if you make $20K a year, you pay
They pay the overwhelming lions share based on percentage of income. In
other words, they pay far more per dollar than we do because of their tax
bracket. But the bulk of the tax dollars are collected from the lower
middle classes.
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
www.kegkits.com
256-656-1924
You do all of this extra stuff to protect the carrier bearing support from
damage. If you don't then the drive shaft hangs there, compressing the
rubber support.
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
www.kegkits.com
256-656-1924
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Tom Hargrave [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
They pay the overwhelming lions share based on percentage of income. In
other words, they pay far more per dollar than we do because of their tax
bracket. But the bulk of the tax dollars are collected from the lower
middle classes.
I guess we need to
RE: carrier/axle, it also helps recenter it after the diff is
installed.The front diff mount nuts are impossible to get to in my
experience. If you get it let me know how. I have read that a stubby
1/2 driver from HF with a good pipe on the end does the trick, I was
never able to get enough torque
Isn't a flat tax as regressive as you can get (short of charging a
percentage inversely proportional to income)? It hits the poor a lot
harder than the rich, surely. In your example above, 5% of
$10,000,000 means one less condo in Lake Tahoe, new Bentley for the
mistress, or splurge in
I think our system works fine, someone has to pay the bills our electorate runs
up.
I pay taxes on income Capitol gains with great pleasure, there were lean
years with no income that I paid nothing. Those were not good years.
I would vote to increase the Sin taxes {Booze, Gambling, Tobacco}
Harry wrote:
I'd be cautious with the Taurus because of the tranny problems and the Olds
wasn't much better with their electrical system.
What electrical system problems? Please elaborate.
Donald H. Snook
1997 Ford Explorer (For Sale)
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Allan,
I could be wrong, but research the numbers behind the chart.
I read some research a while ago that explained that the bottom 50% of the
wage earners pay less than 5% of their earnings in taxes and this agrees
with your statement. But the bulk of the entire tax bill was paid by the
same
But the bulk of the tax dollars are collected from the lower
middle classes.
Is that not fair? That's the bulk of the people, and presumably
where the bulk of benefits reaped from taxation are seen. Or are
we proposing that there be 'tax slaves'?
-- Jim
Given the different alphabets used [which tend to change over the centuries]
that number [and there is some question as to 666 being the number intended
- and you certainly can't look it up in English and be sure] can be used to
refer to almost anyone. Using the Hebrew alphabet from before or
Tom wrote:
“80% of the tax burden is on the working class. Why? Because so much of our
population is working class.”
I think you are wrong about that Tom. According to the Office of Tax Analysis
the income tax is highly progressive
According to the most recent data available:
“the top 5
In your example above, 5% of $10,000,000 means one less condo in Lake Tahoe
It might be a big deal for the carpenters, plumbers, electricians, etc.
who build condos in Tahoe... and the interior decorators, the
housekeepers, etc.
Allan
--
1983 300D
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I think our system works fine,
Not I, but it could be worse.
someone has to pay the bills our electorate runs up.
Our electorate has a bad habit of running up bills with
the full expectation that someone _else_ will pay them.
That's not good.
Our taxes are collected by force. Such monies
Donald,
Please do not confuse this forum with facts ;-)
Pete, who is in the middle somewhere and trying to improve his position.
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Tom wrote:
â80% of the tax burden is on the working class. Why? Because
Curt Raymond wrote:
Which is why I'm thinking more about rolling on new paint now.
Rolling? Rustoleum?
The guy with the white Corvair has recanted his support for Rustoleum,
now recommends Interlux Brightsides marine top paint.
http://www.rickwrench.com/50dollarpaint.html
My favorite sci-fi author, Robert Anson Heinlein, wrote a novel named
The Number of the Beast. In his book, 6-6-6 was six to the sixth power,
to the sixth power (a very large number).
Mitch.
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Donald Snook wrote:
The top 1 percent of taxpayers paid 33.7 percent of all individual income
taxes. This group of taxpayers has paid more than 30 percent of individual
income taxes since 1995.
This would be the people that Wonko says don't pay any taxes. He's
been involved in Demoncrat party
Which is why I'm thinking more about rolling on new paint now. I'll go with
pretty much the same color (white)...
After all I'm not looking to make it a show car.
-Curt
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:58:22 -0500
From: OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] DIY clearcoat [was:
If one is inclined toward Hebrew numerology 3 = a perfect number including
the heavens, earth, and the regions below the earth; 4 = the four corners of
[or all] the earth, so 7 = perfect completeness [4+3]. 6 is short of
perfection [much like a 6 foot plank to cross a 7 foot gap]. 3 6's is a
From Monday's Reno-Gazette Journal (RGJ.com) classifieds: '82 Mercedes 300SD
Turbo diesel, 4 door, Full pwr. 164K mi., One owner, Mint $2000 775
846-1841 / 205 396-5626
no personal interest, and Reno is an hour away, but I will be up there on
Sunday if anyone is interested enough in me
Jim Cathey wrote:
I could perhaps be talked into a poverty-level exemption, below
which there were no taxes, but that would open up the game to
endlessly moving that line around (upwards, I'd imagine), and
it would place a huge barrier (or an incentive to deception)
at the point where you
How would it affect anything? All the taxes we pay go into the big cesspool
of WaDC and aren't spent according to their earmark. Fuel taxes, social
security, education dollars, etc... I don't see a difference, our roads are
still horrible Asphalt was never ment for traffic.
Luther
On
He like eXPerimenting
Luther
On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:44:16 -0500, Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Why are you trying to do complex stuff with XP?
--
Luther KB5QHUAlma, Ark
'87 300SDL (272,xxx mi) head case
'85 Ford F250 6.9 diesel (x58,xxx mi)
'82 300CD (166 kmi)
'82 300D
A Win98 sized kernel would SCREAM at MACH 4 on todays hardware. Nice,
especially if it has tons of 3D If it's stable (Win2k/XP esk) I might
spring for a new OS
Luther
On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:48:04 -0500, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yawn, they haven't heard of Windows 7.
wonko has a point. try linux
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 10:44 PM, Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Why are you trying to do complex stuff with XP?
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 9:36 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Trying to do some updating and stuff to a computer, which is
My dream world is a flat tax AND abolish Social Security. How about that for
an economic stimulus package? Everyone in the nation could receive a 14%
raise. Then require that they invest at least 7% of their income into an
approved 401K like fund and they can do as they please with the rest.
Had a Taurus and a Sable. Lots of other things went wrong but never had trouble
with the transmission.
Randy
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Subject: Re:
Read the axle shaft RR proceedure ( http://www.gulseth.net/benz/35-620.pdf ).
Follow this twice (tip: jack the diff higher to easily remove the axle shaft
once it is loose on both ends). When you have the back cover off (and
consequently the diff is free/floating/setting on your jack), loosen
Anyone know if metalic paint can be rolled on? Seems to me that would
be a lot more difficult, but then again I've never tried it.
Allan
--
1983 300D (silver metalic)
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On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 9:38 AM, Donald Snook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Harry wrote:
I'd be cautious with the Taurus because of the tranny problems and the
Olds wasn't much better with their electrical system.
What electrical system problems? Please elaborate.
I had a late 90s Cutlass
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 10:22 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I will let you know. Let me see if this microsoft or other free stuff
will work
I think Microsoft has made RDP (Remote Desktop) free for Personal use. But
I'm a UNIX/Mac guy, so I'm not 100% sure about that. Hunt
MS remote desktop will black out the target computer's screen, so is
not what you are looking for in this case. It (RDC) does work with a
target running XP or higher, and can be used from just about any OS
on the client. There are RDC clients for 95/98, Mac, Linux etc. RDC
also works on
Similar problems with the Sable. Mostly grounding issues I think but it had
intermittent electrical problems for
the whole time we owned it. Was the reason we traded it as it drove my wife
crazy. Sometimes things worked and
sometimes they didn't. Most frustrating was probably the windshield
Friend had a '97 Pontiac that had seemingly random electrical issues,
they all pretty much went away when he had his aftermarket remote start
system removed.
Allan
Ed Booher [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 9:38 AM, Donald Snook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Harry wrote:
I'd
Hello All,
I have a 1980 280E (European) that came to me with a lot of electrical
challenges. I have over come all of them (I think???) except the front and
rear turn signals as well as the emergency flashers.
I believe my challenge there is with the relay.
Can anyone tell me where the relay
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Dave H... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello All,
I have a 1980 280E (European) that came to me with a lot of electrical
challenges. I have over come all of them (I think???) except the front and
rear turn signals as well as the emergency flashers.
I
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 6:37 AM, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Isn't a flat tax as regressive as you can get (short of charging a
percentage inversely proportional to income)? It hits the poor a lot
harder than the rich, surely. In your example above, 5% of
$10,000,000 means one
IMHO, The right way to repair CC is to sand down to the primer under the
color coat of the *whole* car - the reshoot the color followed by the clear
coat - with hours and hours of sanding between each step. If you can take
the car off the road for days/weeks or months (in my case) you can take
No, logged in different. Where do you get to file permissions?
OK Don wrote:
File permissions and share permissions are seperate, and both need to
be set. Are you logged onto both machines with the same
account/password?
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 10:10 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The fair tax solves all those problems. The people who pay in are those
who spend more of their money. The rich are going to spend more than a
poorer person. And with that plan, all the illegals, people who make
their money under the table, and people visiting from overseas will pay
in, now
You do not have to remove the exhaust, but you will probably have to
drop the subframe a little to get to some of the bolts.
archer wrote:
I'm getting ready to install a diff I found locally in my '83 300D. The CD
says the muffler and pipe must be removed, the carrier bearing support must
you should REALLY study the fair tax, a flat tax just does not make
sense when the fair tax is a much better plan. It is by far the most
heavily studied and researched tax plan.
Luther wrote:
My dream world is a flat tax AND abolish Social Security. How about that for
an economic stimulus
As a self described liberal who supports a flat tax, you need to look at it
more closely. There is a rebate of the tax for the $$ amount of the federal
poverty level. If you make no more than that [and hence spend no more than
that] you really are not paying any tax as the tax on necessities has
What you are talking about sounds like the fair tax, not the flat tax.
With the fair tax, everyone gets a prebate on necessary items purchases,
based of family size.
Bill R wrote:
As a self described liberal who supports a flat tax, you need to look at it
more closely. There is a rebate of
Abolish income tax and charge a 20% across the board tax on everything that is
non-food and non-clothing.
Luther
On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:18:06 -0500, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
you should REALLY study the fair tax, a flat tax just does not make
sense when the fair tax is a
SLAPS SELF ON FORHEAD. Thanks Kaleb - Yes, I have been talking about the
Fair Tax proposal for long enough that I forget there is also a flat tax
idea. That one I am not for, the Fair Tax proposal I would support.
BTW - Taken apart any decent 126 front seats lately? I still need that
spring set
Actually, its 23%, no other federal income tax etc, no more irs.
http://www.fairtax.org/site/PageServer
Luther wrote:
Abolish income tax and charge a 20% across the board tax on everything that
is non-food and non-clothing.
Luther
On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:18:06 -0500, Kaleb C. Striplin
I have you on my list, dont worry, but no I still do not have one yet
Bill R wrote:
SLAPS SELF ON FORHEAD. Thanks Kaleb - Yes, I have been talking about the
Fair Tax proposal for long enough that I forget there is also a flat tax
idea. That one I am not for, the Fair Tax proposal I would
but you see, all the embedded taxes that are added to items now would go
away, so the price on the shelf would actually go down roughly the same
amount as the fair tax, so you really are paying the same amount now as
you would be if we had the fair tax, except you would get to keep all
your
no more IRS should save nearly a billion in salaries each year. :D
Luther
On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:01:59 -0500, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually, its 23%, no other federal income tax etc, no more irs.
http://www.fairtax.org/site/PageServer
Luther wrote:
Abolish income
OK, thanks. I will continue to eagerly await my turn.
BillR
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: McCain proposes break in fuel taxes
HAHAHAHA. That is BS. Do you really think large companies like Wal-Fart will
lower their prices when they know that people will pay them? Hell no, that's
potential profit lost. Sheesh.
On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:05:45 -0500, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
but you see, all the
RC was installed with XP by default, I believe. Maybe
not the Home version, but the Pro version it was. I
know because I use it daily at work.
BTW, there was a Mac (OS X) RDC client, but they just
dropped support for it. I use it, too, but it's sucky
if you have a stock Mac mouse. Gotta have
Luther wrote:
no more IRS should save nearly a billion in salaries each year. :D
For all the people who complain about taxes losing other people jobs
(increased taxes on the rich - one less condo - condo industry going
down - construction workers etc losing jobs) nobody seems too concerned
Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
HAHAHAHA. That is BS. Do you really think large companies like Wal-Fart
will lower their prices when they know that people will pay them? Hell
no, that's potential profit lost. Sheesh.
If they did not, someone else would. That's competition. I'm not sure
John Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Luther wrote:
no more IRS should save nearly a billion in salaries each year. :D
For all the people who complain about taxes losing other people jobs
(increased taxes on the rich - one less condo - condo industry going
down - construction
I'm trying to pick up a couple of pieces of PC133
512MB SDRAM for a project Mac I'm working on. If by
chance you've got some laying around in the spares
box, drop me a note off-list, please.
Thanks,
Dan
John wrote:
For all the people who complain about taxes losing other people jobs
(increased taxes on the rich - one less condo - condo industry going down -
construction workers etc losing jobs) nobody seems too concerned about all the
folks at the IRS losing their jobs.
Don't forget the
I am just now getting things thawed out enough to get back to this
project from Nov, just before the every other day snow storms hit. (
got snow in my face last sun!) I removed the glove box and the trim
panel below the right dash. I did not find much for relays behind
the glove box that
From the photo on Rusty's site, it looks like the fuel pump relay
should be a little smaller than a Klima relay.
At 04:02 PM 4/16/2008, you wrote:
I am just now getting things thawed out enough to get back to this
project from Nov, just before the every other day snow storms hit. (
got snow
Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
A Win98 sized kernel would SCREAM at MACH 4 on todays hardware.
Nice, especially if it has tons of 3D If it's stable (Win2k/XP
esk) I might spring for a new OS
You can get an OS with a small kernel today if you look at
alternatives to Windows
So, you are suggesting that we place even more of the tax burden on the
rich?
England did that, so does India. Why do you think so many of our
Physicians are from those two countries.
Capitolism works because those of us who are motivated and fotunate
enough to excel are rewarded. Take peoples
Open explorer (not I.E.), fond the folder that you shared and are
trying to connect to. Right click it, choose properties, the security.
That is where the folder/file permissions are set. There is also the
sharing tab - that has the share permissions. The most restrictive
permission is the one
I will hire some to work with me. That is if they don't mind working with
the challenged instead of having a plush job in DC (don't argue with me, I
used to work in DC). I make $14 an hour, so as my employee they will have to
make less. They might have to change an adult diaper and can expect to
Nevermind, I found fuel pump relay. It is under the passenger kick
panel, staring me in the face. It said 8zyl Kickdown, so I dismissed
it as something to do with the trans kickdown circuitry. After I
figured out the size and looked again, I figured out it was the
one. The other thing that
I understand that the folks we love to hate
(i.e., the IRS) are just 9 to 5 folks who have a job. And they are just
doing their job.
Doesn't make the job itself any less evil, consider the gas oven
guards. We can change the jobs our society depends on to something
a bit more productive and/or
You'll depend not on the government but on private charities funded
voluntarily by the generosity of the many people who will be making
more money than you once the income tax is abolished.)
That's what I want. Private charities don't perpetuate themselves
at the point of a gun. If they
With the ever increasing costs of fuel, I feel the need to once again
weigh the costs of operating the OM vs. the M cars. I'm currently
addicted to the 124 chassis, so I'll limit the scope to the 300D 2.5
and the 300E. I don't know what the fuel usage of the 300E is, so I'll
calculate back to what
I have a 1980 280E (European) that came to me with a lot of electrical
challenges. I have over come all of them (I think???) except the
front and rear turn signals as well as the emergency flashers.
I believe my challenge there is with the relay.
It's not, it's the switch. 90+% chance.
Federal taxes should be no different than state sales tax at the register.
But that is not my tax plan. Mine is x% of gross income. If I make (I wish!)
$100,000 a year, then I pay -- taking 10% out of my butt -- $10,000 in
taxes. I think I was at 40K gross last year, so I'd pay $4K in taxes. But
About time for a new American revolution. We need to nominate new
people, maybe new parties, and throw the bums out and sunset every
law on the books so we can start with a clean slate. Go back to
original intent, restrict the Federal system to enumerated powers and
get out of the nanny
got snow in my face last sun!) I removed the glove box and the trim
panel below the right dash. I did not find much for relays behind
the glove box that looked like they fit this description.
The fuel pump relay stands vertically, narrow edge facing you.
It's the right-most one behind the
well said! You must have been reading my thoughts as was writing my post.
At 09:34 PM 4/16/2008, you wrote:
I understand that the folks we love to hate
(i.e., the IRS) are just 9 to 5 folks who have a job. And they are just
doing their job.
Doesn't make the job itself any less evil,
For 12,000 miles per year, I think the differences in your costs are
going to be pretty negligible over the range of 15 - 25 MPG, gas or
diesel.
I'd say drive the car that you LIKE.
Allan
OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
With the ever increasing costs of fuel, I feel the need to once again
I forgot one important detail - I assumed that the 103 and 104 in the
124 cars were meant to run on regular - true or false?
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 9:41 PM, OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
With the ever increasing costs of fuel, I feel the need to once again
weigh the costs of operating the
Probably wise - but it seemed like it was time to re-evaluate. The
450SLC at 15MPG will cost an extra $1000 per year, so I only drive it
on nice Sunday afternoons now.
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 9:47 PM, Allan Streib [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For 12,000 miles per year, I think the differences in
Good thinking Don!
As near as I can tell, there isn't a nickel's worth of difference in
dollars. I'd say run your Diesel as long as you like and curse the
fuel prices. The cost of selling your Diesel and buying a similarly
decent gasser, then fixing it up ($1000 to 4000) will be higher than
I forgot one important detail - I assumed that the 103 and 104 in the
124 cars were meant to run on regular - true or false?
Isn't the 380SL/SEL the last gasser to have run on regular?
-- Jim
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I'm keeping the Diesel - the 300D 2.5 anyway. I'm seriously
considering getting rid of the others and getting another 124. The
question is whether to get another 300D 2.5, or a 300E. Unless the
300E gets 25 MPG or better, I think the Diesel wins again.
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 9:47 PM, Loren Faeth
my 300E required premium, so keep that in mind with the M103. I keep all
the gas tabs, but never worked out the cost. I'm a bit heavy footed, and
mine gets more in town than highway driving, with lots of quick 0-90 kph
bursts. I'd guess high teens, low 20s for mileage.
Ed
300E
On 16/04/2008,
Most diesels I see advertised here come at a premium, with something always
referring to, will go a million miles. If true, most of the rest of the car
will fall to bits long before a million miles, including the trans, head and
everything hanging on the engine. Lots of gassers around for very
And the 190 2.3 uses regular as well.
On 4/16/08, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I forgot one important detail - I assumed that the 103 and 104 in the
124 cars were meant to run on regular - true or false?
Isn't the 380SL/SEL the last gasser to have run on regular?
-- Jim
Ok Don wrote:
Based on my usual commute to work, I get 29 mpg in the 300D 2.5, and drive it
12,000 miles per year. At the current $3.94 for Diesel, my annual cost is
$1,477. Regular is $3.24 at the same station today, so the 300E would have to
get 23.8 MPG to equal the fuel cost of the Diesel
Got it! Thanks again!
At 09:47 PM 4/16/2008, you wrote:
got snow in my face last sun!) I removed the glove box and the trim
panel below the right dash. I did not find much for relays behind
the glove box that looked like they fit this description.
The fuel pump relay stands vertically,
I have not driven the M104 92 E320 enough to be able to determine
fuel economy. Daughter drives it and she never leaves town, so that
is not a good measure. My guess there is negligible difference in
economy between M103 and M104. The 103 is a good engine, and easier
to service than the
Having never driven a vergasser 124, I don't know. I do love the
Diesels though -
I think the 300E gets close to that (others would know better than me), BUT
there is another factor to consider. Which one do you enjoy driving more. If
the difference is negligible than is it really
Does it burn premium? I'll have to check the price of premium next
time - didn't think of that possibility as I drove by today.
Yes - the extra power will undoubtedly get used, along with the fuel
to feed it. I like easy to work on, but I also like power
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 10:02 PM,
I run 89 octane regular in 103 and 104, as well as the M180 with no
ill effects, no ping. This fuel may not be available in the rest of
the country. in the 70s it was galled gasohol. It is 90/10 gasoline
to ethanol. We have had it available for 30+ years in Iowa. Burned
it in my premium
That sounds OK for a guy on a salary or working hourly but how do you figure
it out for a business where you have to pay for materials and labor etc.
Barry
But that is not my tax plan. Mine is x% of gross income. If I make (I
wish!)
$100,000 a year, then I pay -- taking 10% out of my butt --
My 89 300TE averaged 17.81 MPG (USA) on california premium across
50,397 miles of driving, mostly city, still highway wasn't anything
close to claims.
claim is 17 (city),21 (highway) ,19 (mixed)
18.6 mpg when running on non-california gas for 21,374 miles, but more
highway miles.
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